JG8NQJ/JD1(Minami Torishima) on 20m CW!!!

JG8NQJ/JD1(Minami Torishima) on 20m CW!!!

JG8NQJ  Minami Torishima  Take JG8NQJ/JD1 Marcus Island DO NOT SEND YOUR QSL TO THIS ADDRESS! Minami Torishima [+] Mailing label

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20130129 1009UTC 14045kHz JG8NQJ/JD1
Date : 29/Jan/2013 1009UTC 
Freq : 14045kHz CW
Rig  : ICOM IC-7200
ANT  : LOOP
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JG8NQJ will be active from Marcus Island , Minami Torishima Islands (IOTA OC-073) as JG8NQJ/JD1

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Minami-Tori-shima (南鳥島) or Marcus Island is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located some 1,848 kilometres (1,148 mi) SE of former Tokyo City and 1,267 kilometres (787 mi) east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima of the Ogasawara Islands, and nearly on a straight line between mainland Tokyo and US' Wake Island, which is 1,415 kilometres (879 mi) east southeast. The closest island, however, is theEast Island of the Maug Islands of the Mariana Islands, which is 1,015 kilometres (631 mi) west south-west of Minami-Tori-shima. The meaning of the Japanese name is "Southern Bird Island". It is the easternmost territory belonging to Japan, and the only Japanese territory on the Pacific Plate, past the Japan Trench. Although very small, it is of extreme strategic importance, as it enables Japan to claim a 428,875 square kilometres (165,589.6 sq mi) Exclusive Economic Zone in the surrounding waters. It is also the easternmost territory of Tokyo, being administratively part of Ogasawara village.

Geography

Minami-Tori-shima is triangular in shape, and unusual in that it has an inverted-saucer like profile, with a raised outer rim of between 5 and 9 metres (16 and 30 ft) above sea level. The central area of the island is 1 metre (3 ft) below sea level. Minami-Tori-shima is surrounded by a fringing reef which ranges from 50 to 300 metres (164–984 ft) in width, enclosing a shallow lagoon, which is connected with the open ocean by narrow passages on the southern and northeastern sides. Outside the reef, the ocean depths quickly plunge to over 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). The island has a total land area of 1.2 square kilometres (300 acres). The island also has the highest average temperature in Japan.^[1]